Trainer Nick Ryan has been looking for a reason to spell Mahamedeis, but has been unable to find one. For that reason, Mahamedeis will contest the Ranvet Handicap (2040m) at The Valley on Saturday, the gelding’s 11th start of the campaign. …

Xtremetime can give trainer John Thompson his fourth win in the Silver Shadow Stakes. John Thompson reckons his Silver Shadow Stakes contender Xtremetime is like a Formula One racing car. She isn’t …

James Cummings is bullish about the spring prospects of Doncaster Mile winner Cascadian, who makes his seasonal return in the Group 1 Winx Stakes at Randwick. The former French galloper has …

Stay Inside has tuned up for his return in the San Domenico Stakes with a quiet barrier trial at Randwick that got the thumbs up from co-trainer Michael Freedman . It was …

The new racing season is not yet three weeks old and Godolphin and James Cummings have already made a statement with their three-year-olds. Paulele and Ingratiating have returned to claim ‘black type’ victories and …

Phillip Stokes is banking on the unbeaten record of Ancestry at The Valley as being beneficial to the chances of the sprinter in his first-up run from a spell. Ancestry makes his return in the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m), the first …

A hit-and-run raid on Melbourne didn’t produce the desired result but it did teach connections of smart mare Villami an important lesson. The daughter of Foxwedge resumed with a Group 3 …

ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Anamoe has suffered a setback with Godolphin confirming the colt has spiked a temperature which will force him to miss some work. Trainer James Cummings said he …

Top jockey Nash Rawiller has suffered a major blow on the eve of the spring carnival, fracturing his foot in a freak incident at Hawkesbury’s Rowley Mile meeting. The injury was …

A Kalgoorlie Cup campaign goes on the line for Scintillating when the Blackfriars gelding lines up in Saturday’s BHP Newman Cup (2100m). Trainer Matthew Stephens believes the way the seven-year-old has …

The John O’Shea-trained Berdibek has atoned for a string of luckless performances to claim the Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury. The grey finished runner-up in the McKell Cup on an unsuitable heavy …

Splintex will head to the Show County Quality at Randwick on a mission to defend his undefeated record over the course and distance. Not only has the five-year-old displayed a liking …

Amelia Park-Blue Spec Stakes (1600m) fancy Lonsdale Lady left trainer Kieran McDonagh mystified and perplexed after she was a late scratching at Belmont Park last Saturday. Kieran Mcdonagh was looking forward …

Expectations have been high for Express Pass right from the time the Nick Ryan-trained galloper stepped out on the racecourse. While placed a couple of times in stakes company, Express Pass now gets the …

Gerald Ryan has been a horseman all his life and despite the advances in technology, he says one thing has not changed. While computers can measure all sorts of things, including …